Visitor Visa Sponsorship Question

[JK747]

I have been working on H1B for 4 years. My wife is doing her masters and working on her EAD (Co-Op). We want to invite her parents on visitor visa for her graduation in December. Her brother is a green card holder who has been in US for little over a year now. Our dilemma is whether we should sponsor her parents or should her brother sponsor them. Since they will be coming here for my wife's graduation, we thought it would be less confusing at the interview if we sponsored them. However, I am thinking that the consulate officer may ask them the reason for their son-in-law sponsoring for their visa instead of their son. What should be a proper response to this question?
If anybody has gone through similar situation, please share your experience.

Thanks

[wait4ever]

It really does not matter - the parents are coming on B1/B2 visa so who sponsors them really does not matter all that is needed is the eveidence that they will have a place to support and the sponsoring person has funds required to support them during their stay -

[jsquare]

I have been working on H1B for 4 years. My wife is doing her masters and working on her EAD (Co-Op). We want to invite her parents on visitor visa for her graduation in December. Her brother is a green card holder who has been in US for little over a year now. Our dilemma is whether we should sponsor her parents or should her brother sponsor them. Since they will be coming here for my wife's graduation, we thought it would be less confusing at the interview if we sponsored them. However, I am thinking that the consulate officer may ask them the reason for their son-in-law sponsoring for their visa instead of their son. What should be a proper response to this question?
If anybody has gone through similar situation, please share your experience.

Thanks

On the basis of you wife's graduation, you are inviting your wife's parents. So you need to show invitation letter from collage/school (if possible) and sufficient fund in your account...that is all ...be prapare to answer if they ask the reason for their son-in-law sponsoring for their visa instead of their son.

[sayantan76]

On the basis of you wife's graduation, you are inviting your wife's parents. So you need to show invitation letter from collage/school (if possible) and sufficient fund in your account...that is all ...be prapare to answer if they ask the reason for their son-in-law sponsoring for their visa instead of their son.
i sponsored both my parents and in-laws when i was on L1.......when the consul asked them why they are coming - all they said was they are coming to visit us for a few months......as generic as it could be - no specific purpose mentioned.....

[whiteStallion]

On the basis of you wife's graduation, you are inviting your wife's parents. So you need to show invitation letter from collage/school (if possible) and sufficient fund in your account...that is all ...be prapare to answer if they ask the reason for their son-in-law sponsoring for their visa instead of their son.

I do not think that you need to show invitation letter from college/school. You need not even mention about the congregation at her school. As sayantan mentioned, please keep it simple..."they are here for tourism purpose" - that should be sufficient. I got my in-laws Visa last month and that was all that got mentioned in the Visa application. Yes, make sure you have an apt answer to the question why the son-in-law is sponsoringthe Visa instead of the son.

[chantu]

I have one question:

I am going to apply for my in-law's visitor visa. I am on H1 and primary person in GC and my wife is working on EAD.

Is it fine to show that my wife is sponsoring her parents visa? OR
Do I have to sponser them..like putting my name intead of my wife's in I134 application as primary sponsor?

Thanks.

[JK747]

Thanks for the responses.

I have another query. I am also inviting (and sponsoring) my aunt (father's sister) to visit US to attend my wife's graduation ceremony. Can she go for the interview on the same day of my parent-in-laws' appointment? If not, how many days should she wait before appearing for an interview after my in-laws' interview?

[MYGC2008]

I am in the process of inviting my parents to US on visitor visa and preparing the documents.
However I need to know How much Bank Balance is required.?

Thanks

[dskhabra]

I think there is no hard and fast rule but $10K should be good enough. Some of my friends had shown around 10K for their parents and they got visa without any questions on the money.

[MYGC2008]

Thanks dskhabra

I think there is no hard and fast rule but $10K should be good enough. Some of my friends had shown around 10K for their parents and they got visa without any questions on the money.

[ajay]

I have one question:

I am going to apply for my in-law's visitor visa. I am on H1 and primary person in GC and my wife is working on EAD.

Is it fine to show that my wife is sponsoring her parents visa? OR
Do I have to sponser them..like putting my name intead of my wife's in I134 application as primary sponsor?

Thanks.
Your wife should be able to do it.

[chantu]

Ajay,

Just recently I did that. We showed my wife as a sponsor for her parents. I am a primary applicant and she is working on EAD. In DS-156 also we showed in one of the questions that "Daughter as Sponsor and working". They got the visa.

Your wife should be able to do it.

[ksrk]

On the basis of you wife's graduation, you are inviting your wife's parents. So you need to show invitation letter from collage/school (if possible) and sufficient fund in your account...that is all ...be prapare to answer if they ask the reason for their son-in-law sponsoring for their visa instead of their son.

The invitation letter that visitors need (if at all really) are from folks they are visiting, not from the college/school that the student here is graduating from. As pointed out earlier, the reason for visiting can be as simple/generic as "visiting our daughter/son".
The invitation letter is over-rated, but definitely a useful document to include in the folder. More important is the Affidavit of Support (I-134). And that can be signed by their daughter, whether she is on H4 or F1 or any other status, as long as she is here legally (which is your case) and she shows proof of funds to finance her parents' visit here.

There is no real advantage to having their son (on a GC here) sponsoring them, although it might "seem" safer. And since specifics of the reason to visit here (graduation) are not needed, at the end of the day it won't matter who sponsors.

[himanshukesar]

Hi,

I recently completed D160 form which is now the new system of adding and filing application for B-2 visa.. I have read at many places that in case of "In-Laws" wife should sponsor all expenses and stuff like that. Now as I need to fill I 134 and I don't know who should sponsor them as I am on H1 but my wife is currently a homemaker and she is on H4 visa. So should I use her name on I 134 or my name?

Kindly help!!!

Thanks in advance..

[gccovet]

Hi,

I recently completed D160 form which is now the new system of adding and filing application for B-2 visa.. I have read at many places that in case of "In-Laws" wife should sponsor all expenses and stuff like that. Now as I need to fill I 134 and I don't know who should sponsor them as I am on H1 but my wife is currently a homemaker and she is on H4 visa. So should I use her name on I 134 or my name?

Kindly help!!!

Thanks in advance..

Himanshu,
I don't know where you heard that your wife who is on H4 has to provide I-134.. that is no true and it might backfire as your wife might not have any income (H4 person cannot work, hence cannot have any US based income, except winning lottery ;-) ).

You should sponsor your in-laws, as in I-134, you want to show that you have an income (Salary!) and bank balance to support (you might have a joint bank account with your wife, which would be a +). In the bottom part in I-134, you may add that you will also provide lodging and boarding + travel expenses (and buy medical insurance- if you are going to) for your in-laws.
It should go smooth. No worries. I had sponsored my sister and my in-laws few years back and both got VISA's.
HTH
GCCovet

[gnutin]

Himanshu,

I second what gccovet wrote. I sponsored my in-law this week with I-134 affidavit of support and there were no problems.

[himanshukesar]

Thank guys for your replies..

However I did fill in the form D 160 that my wife is sponsoring them. Do you think there will be a conflict when I will write a letter to consulate saying that I will be sponsoring them instead of my wife's name and also filling of I 134...
Or
Do you think I should have used my name to sponsor them on the D 160 form itself which I cannot right now as the form is already processed? I don't know if this sponsorship dilemma is such big deal. As I have read on various places that if you are inviting In-Laws then let your wife sponsor them because "Father" relation is stronger than "Father In - Law" if you know what I mean.

So since she is sponsoring them on D 160 Can I fill I 134 and letter to the consulate..

I am kind of a confused now...

[gnutin]

Ideally, you should have put your name in the DS-160 as the person paying for the trip. Now I would suggest; Prepare the I-134 in your name and the invitation in both your and your wife's name. If your wife fills the I-134 then you won't be able to show a salary which significantly weakens your case.

Don't worry too much about the relation being strong or weak. If you and your wife are inviting then there is no problem. The consulate understands that husband and wife are really one entity with a combined source of income and expenditure.

[himanshukesar]

Thanks for your reply.. I think there wont be any problem by doing this way...Again thanks for your help!!